[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             END HUNGER NOW

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues for their eloquent 
statements here today. I think that they have reinforced the point that 
these nutrition programs work. SNAP works. It has one of the lowest 
error rates of any Federal program--less than a 4 percent error rate. 
That includes underpayments, which means that beneficiaries don't get 
what they are entitled to. It is a program that allows families to put 
food on the table.
  We need to be supporting these programs. We need to be coming up with 
a holistic plan to end hunger. We need to raise the minimum wage so 
that people who work, like the majority of able-bodied people do who 
are on SNAP, don't have to live in poverty. We can do so much better.
  I would just say to my Republican colleagues that, rather than 
doubling down on the cruelness with some of the proposals that have 
been brought forth before this House, you ought to work in a bipartisan 
way to actually lift people out of poverty so as to give people the 
hope and the ability to lead better lives.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to come together and find a 
way to end hunger now.

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